Senior Client Accountant; ACA​/ACCA; Practice

Aster & Trujillo — 87 Chancery Lane, City of London
Full-time, permanent | Salary: up to £80,000 per annum | Office-based during probation, hybrid thereafter

Aster & Trujillo is a City of London advisory firm providing UK and cross-border tax and accountancy services to private clients, owner-managed businesses and international groups. Founded by Spanish professionals and based at 87 Chancery Lane, the firm has built its reputation on the UK-Spain corridor, advising British nationals with interests in Spain and Spanish and European businesses establishing or operating in the United Kingdom.

The firm continues to grow, with an expanding presence in both London and Spain. We are now seeking an experienced, management-level accountant to lead the day-to-day operations of our London accountancy practice.

The Senior Accounts Manager will report to the Directors and take day-to-day responsibility for the London accountancy function, working with and coordinating our two other senior accountants and the supporting team.

The purpose of the appointment is to reduce the Directors’ involvement in routine London accountancy operations, allowing them to concentrate on advisory work and the wider development of the firm, while ensuring that complex or high-risk matters continue to be escalated appropriately.

This is a senior operational role. It is not a partnership, statutory directorship or statutory audit appointment.

• Taking day-to-day responsibility for the London accountancy team’s workflow, priorities, capacity and delivery.
• Coordinating the work of the two other senior accountants and supporting staff, with responsibility for allocating work and monitoring performance.
• Maintaining department-wide oversight of statutory deadlines, review procedures and quality control.
• Acting as the principal escalation point for technical queries, difficult client matters and service issues.
• Training and developing colleagues, conducting performance reviews and identifying staffing needs.
• Providing concise monthly reports to the Directors on delivery, deadlines, billing, outstanding debts, staffing and significant risks.

• Managing an individual client portfolio while overseeing service quality across the wider accountancy function.
• Performing final internal technical reviews of routine accounts, corporation tax computations, VAT returns and other compliance work within agreed competence and authority limits.
• Overseeing bookkeeping and client ledgers maintained on Xero, Quick Books and comparable platforms.
• Overseeing the preparation and submission of VAT returns under Making Tax Digital, management accounts, year-end statutory accounts and corporation tax computations.
• Liaising with HMRC and Companies House on client matters.

• Monitoring portfolio profitability, work in progress, billing, fee recovery and work undertaken outside agreed scopes.
• Recommending fee adjustments and improvements to working practices.
• Contributing to business development by converting enquiries, developing referrals and identifying additional services for existing clients.

The role carries delegated authority to review and approve client work within agreed technical, commercial and professional limits, referring complex or high-risk matters to the Directors or appropriate specialists. Final internal review and approval is distinct from statutory or regulated signing authority, which is not a feature of this role.

Administrative and bookkeeping support is available to assist with delivery, including routine ledger maintenance, data entry, bank feed coding, reconciliation preparation and the collation of client records. The…